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Mighty River Power's dual-listing was New Zealand's largest-ever. It also marked the first offering in the New Zealand's contentious mixed-ownership model

The European Commission’s decision to exclude pension funds from Solvency II-style capital rules has removed a potential hurdle to the investor-class becoming more active project financiers

According to the ECB's executive board member, Benoît Cœuré, a single resolution mechanism must be in place, if a genuine EU banking union is to be achieved. Here he outlines the key components required for the SRM to be effective

Key industry figures have outlined the major trends impacting the asset management industry since the financial crisis, and what they mean for its future development

Ordinance No 06/2013/UBTVQH13 on foreign exchange controls was passed on March 18 2013, amending and supplementing Ordinance No 28/2005/PL-UBTVQH dated December 13 2005. The new Ordinance, which takes effect from January 1 2014, focuses on issues critical to investors, including: foreign investment into Vietnam; Vietnamese investment overseas; usage of foreign currency in Vietnam; and, foreign loans for residents. The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has prepared many drafts of legal instruments to implement the new Ordinance.

El Salvador enacted its Competition Law (CL) by Legislative Decree No 528, which entered in effect as of January 1 2006. Reforms to the law were introduced in 2007 to grant the competition authority more powers for the enforcement of the legislation.

With interest rates still low, yield-hungry investors are flocking to global debt capital markets. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Peter Allen, Mark Trapnell and Denise Ryan discuss the key market drivers and reveal the next high-yield product

International banks face regulatory uncertainty when underwriting India block trades

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering easing restrictions on put and call options, which may lessen M&A uncertainty

Leonardo Fernández Rodríguez According to Law 9/2012 on restructuring of credit entities and Royal Decree 1559/2012 that develops Law 9/2012, the Spanish bad bank Sociedad de Gestión de Activos procedentes de la Reestructuración Bancaria (Sareb) is entitled to incorporate separate estates under the form of bank assets funds (fondos de activos bancarios, or FABs) to which it may assign either assets or assets and liabilities from its balance. FABs will operate as a mix of a securitisation fund and a collective investment vehicle. Assets eligible to be transferred to any FAB are not limited to those previously assigned to Sareb by credit entities subject to public aid according to applicable legislation, since the eligibility criteria also extends to money and deposits as well as fixed income notes listed in any official secondary market.